Airline doesn’t let girl with Down syndrome fly

Thanks, Mary Jane, for sending along this story about a 12-year-old girl with Down syndrome whose mother was told she couldn’t fly unaccompanied on a British Airways flight, even though the girl was capable of looking out for herself.

The mother says she was told by a customer service representative that the airline’s policy is not to allow young passengers with Down syndrome to fly alone. A spokeswoman for the airline later said there was no such policy.

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My favorite airline, but it is every man for himself. Forget the 1950s depictions of stewardessses–I was in the galley heating my infant’s bottle, mixing food, getting napkins, etc. A young disabled person on his/her own…